The collegiate ekiden championships in Japan are held for women and for men. The women's championship is in late October and the men's championship is in early November. These dates are relatively early in the ekiden season, with several other major races in subsequent months.
The annual All-Japan Collegiate Women's Ekiden Championship, begun in 1981 and also called Morinomiyako Ekiden, is held in Sendai Miyage Prefecture at the end of October. It is a 6-stage, 38.6 kilometer race from Miyagi Track and Field Grounds to Sendai City Hall. Video showing Sendai course and terrain. The race is broadcast nationwide from Sendai on Nihon Television broadcast home page (in Japanese).[1] [2] [3] 2009 Preview in English, 2010 Results in English, 2011 Results in English, 2011 Results in Japanese.
| First stage 5.8 km | Second stage 6.8 km | Third stage 9.1 km | Fourth stage 4.9 km | Fifth stage 4.0 km | Sixth stage 8.0 km | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Chinami Mori Bukkyo Univ. 18:24 | Risa Takenaka Ritsumeikan Univ. 21:30 | Kasumi Nishihara Bukkyo Univ. 28:56 - CR | Rika Kawashima Bukkyo Univ. 15:24 | Akane Yabushita Ritsumeikan Univ. 12:38 - CR | Hikari Yoshimoto Bukkyo Univ. 25:14 - CR |
| 2011 | Risa Takenaka Ritsumeikan Univ. 18:16 - CR | Akane Yabushita Ritsumeikan Univ. 22:26 | Hikari Yoshimoto Bukkyo Univ. 30:06 | Mutsumi Ikeda Ritsumeikan Univ. 15:20 | Chinami Mori Bukkyo Univ. 12:56 | Eri Yagi Meijo Univ. 26:21 |
| First Place | Second Place | Third Place | Fourth Place | Fifth Place | Sixth Place | Seventh Place | Eight Place | Ninth Place | Tenth Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 28th | Bukkyo Univ. 2:02:44 - CR | Ritsumeikan Univ. 2:04:20 | Meijo Univ. 2:08:00 | Matsuyama Univ. 2:08:55 | Josai Univ. 2:09:18 | Kanoya Taiku Univ. 2:10:39 | Josai Kokusai Univ. 2:10:43 | Osaka Gakuin Univ. 2:10:56 | Hakuo Univ. 2:11:16 | Fukuoka Univ. 2:11:19 |
| 2011 29th | Ritsumeikan Univ. 2:06:29 | Bukkyo Univ. 2:07:47 | Meijo Univ. 2:07:58 | Kyoto Sangyo Univ. 2:11:00 | Matsuyama Univ. 2:11:15 | |||||
On the first Sunday of November, the men compete in the 8 stage, 106.8 kilometer National Collegiate Ekiden Championship in Aichi and Mie Prefectures.[4] This race is the second of the season's big three, the first being the Izumo Ekiden and the last being the Hakone Ekiden. Here, 27 teams battle for the national title. The race starts in front of Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya City and then proceeds out of the city, along the coast and 106.8 kilometers later to Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture. Two versions of the course map are available: the meet website's own map, and TV Asahi's google map version. TV Asahi provides 2011 video highlights.
The top six teams in the race are automatically seeded for the following year's race. Other teams must qualify in a series of June track meets featuring 10,000 meter races. Kanto Region qualifier
The 2011 (43rd) race featured defending national champion and course record holder Waseda University and Izumo winner and eventual Hakone Ekiden winner Toyo University. However, on this day Komazawa University won, taking its 9th national title is 17 years. Toyo University's anchor Ryuji Kashiwabara almost made up the 1:40 deficit over 19.7 km but came up half a minute short - English meet summary.
| First stage 14.6 km | Second stage 13.2 km | Third stage 9.5 km | Fourth stage 14.0 km | Fifth stage 11.6 km | Sixth stage 12.3 km | Seventh stage 11.9 km | Eighth stage 19.7 km | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Keita Shitara Toyo Univ. 42:42 | Tetsuya Yoroizaka Meiji Univ. 37:38 CR | Ikuto Yufu Komazawa Univ. 27:02 CR | Hiroyuki Sasaki Waseda Univ. 40:23 | Fuminori Shikata Waseda Univ. 33:47 CR | Shinobu Kubota Komazawa Univ. 36:03 | Akinori Iida Komazawa Univ. 35:09 | Benjamin Gando Nihon Univ. 56:42 |
| 2011 | Hirotaka Tamura Nihon Univ. 43:38 | Takehiro Deki Aoyama Gakuin Univ. 37:43 | Ikuto Yufu Komazawa Univ. 27:13 | Wataru Ueno Komazawa Univ. 40:56 | Kazuhiro Kuga Komazawa Univ. 34:15 | Kenji Yamamoto Toyo Univ. 36:22 | Taichi Takase Komazawa Univ. 35:23 | Ryuji Kashiwabara Toyo Univ. 57:48 |
| First Place | Second Place | Third Place | Fourth Place | Fifth Place | Sixth Place | Seventh Place | Eight Place | Ninth Place | Tenth Place | Eleventh Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Waseda Univ. 5:13:02 CR | Komazawa Univ. 5:15:22 | Toyo Univ. 5:16:21 | Nihon Univ. 5:19:18 | Tokai Univ. 5:19:45 | Meiji Univ. 5:19:52 | Nittai Univ. 5:20:00 | Chuo Univ. 5:20:32 | Yamanashi Gakuin Univ. 5:21:05 | Teikyo Univ. 5:22:04 | |
| 2011 | Komazawa Univ. 5:15:46 | Toyo Univ. 5:16:19 | Waseda Univ. 5:21:06 | Nihon Univ. 5:21:54 | Chuo Univ. 5:22:21 | Jobu Univ. 5:23:44 | Tokai Univ. 5:24:26 | Meiji Univ. 5:26:22 | Aoyama Gakuin Univ. 5:27:55 | Josai Univ. 5:30:55 | Teikyo Univ. 5:31:32 |
| Univ | title(s) | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Komazawa University | 15 | 1998,1999,2001,2002,2004,2006,2007,2008,2011,2012,2013,2014,2020,2021,2022 | |
| Nippon Sport Science University | 11 | 1970,1971,1972,1977,1978,1980,1983,1985,1987,1988,1988 | |
| Daito Bunka University | 7 | 1973,1974,1975,1976,1984,1989,1990 | |
| Waseda University | 5 | 1992,1993,1994,1995,2010 | |
| Fukuoka University | 3 | 1979,1981,1982 | |
| Nihon University | 3 | 1991,2005,2009 | |
| Kanagawa University | 3 | 1996,1997,2017 | |
| Tokai University | 2 | 2003,2019 | |
| Aoyama Gakuin University | 2 | 2016,2018 | |
| Kyoto Sangyo University | 1 | 1986 | |
| Juntendo University | 1 | 2000 | |
| Toyo University | 1 | 2015 |
| Place | distance | Record holder | Univ | Time | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.5km | Peter Wanjiru | Daito Bunka Univ | 26:58 | 2022 | |
| 2 | 11.1km | Jun Kasai | Soka Univ | 31:12 | 2022 | |
| 3 | 11.9km | Vincent Yegon | Tokyo Kokusai Univ | 32:46 | 2021 | |
| 4 | 11.8km | Shotaro Ishihara | Tokai Univ | 33:16 | 2020 | |
| 5 | 12.4km | Issei Sato | Aoyama Gakuin Univ | 35:47 | 2020 | |
| 6 | 12.8km | Yamato Yoshii | Chuo Univ | 37:01 | 2022 | |
| 7 | 17.6km | Ren Tazawa | Komazawa Univ | 49:38 | 2022 | |
| 8 | 19.7km | Mekubo Mogusu | Nihon Univ | 55:32 | 2007 |
Winning the Izumo Ekiden and the next year's Hakone Ekiden at the same time is called the Triple Crown, and 5 teams have achieved it in the past.
| Univ | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Daito Bunka University | 1990-91 | |
| Juntendo University | 2000-01 | |
| Waseda University | 2010-11 | |
| Aoyama Gakuin University | 2016-17 | |
| Komazawa University | 2022-23 |